30 Players Have Committed To Playing $1 Million Buy-In Event

Published on April 12th, 2012 2:27 pm EST

According to WSOP.com, 30 players have already committed to playing in the "Big One for One Drop" event at this year's World Series of Poker.

These 30 players have already put up their $1 million buy-ins for the event, which means that the top prize is guaranteed to be at least $12.3 million. As ESPN.com notes, this is more than the $12 million that Jamie Gold won at the 2006 World Series of Poker main event.

Here is the complete list of the players who have already signed up for the event (some of the people are choosing to remain anonymous until the event starts):

There is a cap of 48 players for this event, and tournament organizers expect all 48 spots to be filled by the time that July 1st rolls around.

--

As mentioned, the buy-in for this event is $1,000,000. The event is rake-free, with $111,111 of each entry going to the ONE DROP project.

As of this moment, the prize pool is already over $26 million, with an estimated $12,266,668 going to the winner. If the tournaments hits its 48 player cap, the winner may walk away with over $18 million.

The Big One for One Drop event will run from July 1st-3rd at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.